Health and Fitness
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Dead lifts can be a total body workout, if done correctlyMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - When it comes to getting the most bang for your buck, there aren't too many exercises that can beat the dead lift. This total body exercise demands strength, power, car...
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Medications offer multiple ways to treat asthmaMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - Q. I have asthma. Can you explain how bronchodilators and steroids help me breathe easier? A. To understand how asthma medications work, you need to understand h...
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Baby boomers on ‘collision course’ with heart diseaseMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - At 61, Les Finke has recently returned to work as executive director of a senior residence community after open-heart surgery and a six-way bypass early in October. “It ...
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Some treatments effective in relieving persistent tinnitusMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - As baby boomers continue to age, hearing loss and its “sister” condition tinnitus, or “ringing in the ears,” are becoming more prevalent. Partly due to occupational haz...
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Pacifiers contaminated with germs, bacteria, moldMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - TULSA, Okla. — Whether you call them pacifiers, binkies or soothers, parents call them lifesavers for comforting a fussy baby. But a new study by Oklahoma State Universi...
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Status report for the Fittest Loser contestantsMar 04, 2013 5:00 am - Karen Castillo, 37, Carpentersville Starting weight: 206 Current weight: 199 Weight lost this week: 5 pounds Total weight loss: 7 pounds, 3.3 percent Marianne C...
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New vaccines offer hope against deadly cancersMar 04, 2013 4:56 am - A 54-year-old cancer patient in Long Island, N.Y., is a pioneer in what many doctors think will become standard treatment in the not-too-distant future: a vaccine agains...
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Teams fight to overcome weight-loss plateausMar 04, 2013 4:30 am - Four weeks after the initial weigh-in, the Fittest Loser Community Challenge teams report that the healthy changes they have been introducing to their lifestyle are fina...
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No clear answers in treating traumatized kidsMar 04, 2013 4:16 am - Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there’s a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors...
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Eating vegetables instead of meat lowers heart riskMar 04, 2013 4:16 am - Vegetarians were 32 percent less likely to be hospitalized or die from heart disease than people who ate meat and fish, scientists at England’s Oxford University reporte...